Tips of High-Performance Team Building for Organizational Effectiveness

Namita Karmakar*, S. Paneerselvam**
* Muslim Association College of Engineering, Venjaramoodu, Trivadrum.
** Department of Management Studies, St. Peter's University, Avadi, Chennai.
Periodicity:March - May'2014
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jmgt.8.4.2748

Abstract

This paper proposes a various general models for team building, which enable leaders to build coherent teams rapidly and fairly for the term projects of organizations in general. Moreover, the models can also be used to build teams for any type of project, if they are inexperienced on a certain subject. The proposed model takes leaders' preferences and the staff's considerations into account when a team building process is required for any type of course. Executives, managers and organization staff members universally explore ways to improve business results and profitability. A team is a small group of people with similar skills working toward a common goal. A high-performance team has members with a clearly defined and shared purpose, mutual trust and respect, clarity of roles and responsibilities, high levels of communication, dedication to team success and cooperation, ability to differ and acknowledge conflict, and a supportive leader who challenges the team. Teamwork is considered a critical factor in delivering high-quality, although research on the evidence base for the effectiveness of teamwork and communication across disciplines is scarce. The organizational growth, development, motivation, morale, and satisfaction of the employees in the system combined with the best image projection of the organization to its various constituents, account in turn, for continued organizational health, viability, and growth which accounts for the organization's effectiveness. Successful team building, that creates effective, focused work teams, requires various attentions which are discussed. Effective team building, will help organizations to identify the teams strengths and weaknesses, increase productivity and efficiency, improve the way the team members interact, improve support and trust levels in the workplace reduce stress levels in the work place, and thereby develop healthy inter-group relations.

Keywords

Development model, Effective team building, Effective relationships, Group problem solving, Organizational effectiveness, Team building dynamics.

How to Cite this Article?

Namita Karmakar and S. Paneerselvam (2014). Tips of High-Performance Team Building for Organizational Effectiveness. i-manager’s Journal on Management 8(4), 15-21. https://doi.org/10.26634/jmgt.8.4.2748

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